Teachers

Teachers (1984)

They fall asleep in class. Throw ink on each other. Never come in Mondays. And they're just the teachers.

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.

Date of release
1984-10-05
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (83)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Arthur Hiller

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $27.8M
  • Budget: $9M
  • Earned 3.1× its budget
  • Filmed in: Columbus

Teachers is a 1984 American satirical black comedy-drama film written by W. R. McKinney, directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Ralph Macchio, and Judd Hirsch. It was shot in Columbus, Ohio, mostly at the former Central High School.

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